Critical severity · published Jul 20, 2026
CVE-2026-64193
Net::DNS versions through 1.55 for Perl allow remote execution injection via EDNS EXTENDED ERROR
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Net::DNS versions through 1.55 for Perl allow remote execution injection via EDNS EXTENDED ERROR.
Net::DNS::RR::OPT::EXTENDED_ERROR::_decompose parses the EXTRA-TEXT field of an EDNS EXTENDED-ERROR option (RFC 8914) by tokenising the raw bytes and passing the result to Perl's eval. There is some escaping done for $ and @, but not for backticks. This can be exploited for command execution if $pkt->edns->option('EXTENDED-ERROR') is called in array context, for example with a payload of {0:`"<command>"`} in EXTRA-TEXT.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Net::DNS · NLNETLABS
through 1.55 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64193
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64193
metacpan.org
https://metacpan.org/release/NLNETLABS/Net-DNS-1.55_01/changes
rt.cpan.org
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=179945
www.net-dns.org
https://www.net-dns.org/blog/#release-candidate-for-netdns-1.56
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/20/12
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